Let's say Twitter existed during the Civil War. We would have a better understanding of people in the Confederacy who were against… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
[On political correctness:] Any intended message mattered less than the received message, and every received message could be interpreted in whatever way… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
In New York, people are unhappy on purpose, because unhappiness makes them seem more complex; in Washington DC it just sort of… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you play the stereo at max volume, it's almost… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Booze is the greatest of all equalizers. Rich drunks and poor drunks both pass out the same way. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Whenever I can’t sleep, I like to lie in the darkness and pretend I’ve been assassinated. I’ve found this is the best… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
There are two ways to look at life. The first view is that nothing stays the same and that nothing is inherently… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Let's say Donald Trump loses but it's close. That could change the whole way the job of being a politician shifts -… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Americans have become conditioned to believe the world is a gray place without absolutes; this is because we’re simultaneously cowardly and arrogant.… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The debate about climate change in many ways is tied to the petroleum industry. If the value of petroleum was considerably less… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
We would sit in the living room, drink a case of Busch beer, and throw the empty cans into the kitchen for… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
If someone feels negative about the way society or culture seems to be going, what it probably suggests is that it's just… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
There's this belief that some things can be taken seriously in an intellectual way, while some things are only entertainment or only… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I keep saying the word 'weird' over and over again, but it's the only way I can describe it. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
People are more interested in reading bombastic ideas, whether they're positive or negative. Part of me has sort of lost interest in… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I think one possibility [in the future] might be chemotherapy. And I'm always hesitant to say that because it makes it sound… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Every one of Joel's important songs--including the happy ones--are ultimately about loneliness. And it's not 'clever lonely' (like Morrissey) or 'interesting lonely'… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I think one of the many interesting things about [Donald] Trump is that people in the media did not take him seriously… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I look at camping the same way I look at horror movies. All the years that humans fought to get into caves… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder what will be the air conditioning of my dying days. What thing will they add that will make it… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
In some ways, Halloween is much easier for women. They can just dress as sluts, and it's kind of a costume, if… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Texting has become my favorite way to communicate. I feel like many of my relationships are based in this, because in a… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I grew up on a farm, and we didn't have cable and only limited radio stations, so I wasn't inundated with culture… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
A homeless man once told me that dancing to rap music is the cultural equivalent of masturbating, and I'd sort of fell… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Cars are the most central thing in America, in a lot of ways. They've probably influenced the way we live more than… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“I suppose we'll never know what really happened in that room, though he did tell police, "I did it because I'm a dirty dog."… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Do you know people who insist they like 'all kinds of music'? That actually means they like no kinds of music. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Let's say Twitter existed during the Civil War. We would have a better understanding of people in the Confederacy who were against slavery, people… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
All my friends are rock critics, so we talk about rock criticism a lot. Because of that, in order to be part of the… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
If rain is God crying, I think God is drunk and his girlfriend just slept with Zeus. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
But no matter how many times we re-rank the presidents, in another 200 years, the top presidents will still be Washington and Lincoln and… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Different critics go to different lengths to disagree with that sentiment, but ultimately, they're the person experiencing this art, and whatever judgment or taste… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much. — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“I care about strangers when they're abstractions but feel almost nothing when they are literally in front of me. They seem like unnamed characters… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“Toby Keith writes songs like 1993's "Should've Been a Cowboy," and what's compelling is that you can't deconstruct its message. "Should've Been a Cowboy"… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
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